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I think that the Finnish Mannerheim line can be taken too easily by the year 1938 Red Army. I would put some good Finnish units North of the Mannerheim line along the border (as it was historicaly). Also if you look the map of Finland, the area North-West of Mannerheim line is filled with lakes. Adding some lake hexes in this area would be probably a good idea. All this would make Finland a more tough nut to crack for the Soviets.

I agree, and I will look into it

Not too proud of the map the way it is atm.

ORIGINAL: kombrig

I think that the Finnish Mannerheim line can be taken too easily by the year 1938 Red Army. I would put some good Finnish units North of the Mannerheim line along the border (as it was historicaly). Also if you look the map of Finland, the area North-West of Mannerheim line is filled with lakes. Adding some lake hexes in this area would be probably a good idea. All this would make Finland a more tough nut to crack for the Soviets.

There was no effort made of resistance, probably not significant but it was diplomatic in nature.

CAn this be played against the AI?

Unfortunately the AI has no concept of dealing with the diplomatic cards, so no, not really. It won´t be able to handle the complexity of the system. And programming it, while worth it, might take a few months.

The diplomatic aspect of the scenario is quite a nice piece of work, really well done. It's one of the things that make the mod unique.

What happens if I declare war to a minor country which most friendly nation is my country?

Then the next most friendly nation (which is unknown to everybody) will control it.

ORIGINAL: ernieschwitz

Then the next most friendly nation (which is unknown to everybody) will control it.

Has happened to me on two occasions already. I found myself with new possesions in Africa and Indonesia without notification, I beleive these events were tied with other powers declaring war on each other.

When you took over Portugal, you gained their colonies as well... That would be modern day Angola and Mocambique, as well as East-Timor. The notification would be that you took over Portugal.

When Germany invaded Holland, the Dutch East Indies and Surinam became yours, since you were the closest friend of them. The notification was that Germany had invaded and Great Britain had sworn to protect....

ORIGINAL: ernieschwitz

When you took over Portugal, you gained their colonies as well... That would be modern day Angola and Mocambique, as well as East-Timor. The notification would be that you took over Portugal.

When Germany invaded Holland, the Dutch East Indies and Surinam became yours, since you were the closest friend of them. The notification was that Germany had invaded and Great Britain had sworn to protect....

OIC yes, those were the links. I didn't relate the attack on the Dutch with the switchover of the DEI, should have known it though and the Por 2 gees with Africa, yes that too was a bit of a surpirse.

I wonder what I get when the USA and the Japs go at it.....

I noticed that I have researched Medium tank II, but still can build only Medium tank I. Also a minor thing: the picture for Soviet Medium tank I is actually the picture of a Soviet light tank BT.

Hey there, Kombrig, and other would be Soviet players.

That is a design decision, made by Bombur, to better simulate the leap in tank technology that the Soviets made in real life. They get the Medium tank II research field for free, yet do not get any new tanks. They are however still able to produce the Medium Tank I, which indeed is a simulation of the BT tanks.

What was the T-28?

I believe, but Bombur will have to correct me, if I am wrong, that the T-28 is defined as a heavy tank I.

Correct, althought it was a medium tank, it was heavy for early 1930´s standards. For the same reason I upgraded the BT to "medium tank".

The T-28 was a crazy multi turreted machine. It was patterned after a British A6E1 16 ton vehicle. The T28 weighed approximately 35 tons or so, so I agree with Bomburs classification as a heavy for it's time.

I think that the Soviet industry is underpowered when compared to the historical situation. Thus far I have lost only one large industrial centre (Kiev), but my industry is capable for compencating only my fighter losses whereas I can build other stuff only in tiny numbers (I can hardly compensate the losses the enemy air force has done to my ground troops). The Eastern front is more than a year in a stalemate.

I think that the Soviets should have more industrial centres in Urals, Siberia etc.

I agree with you, and also would add that research seems slower than historical for essentially every nation. I´m making some experiences with automatic research (based on time) in my Bombur mod 1930 scenario, and maybe this feature could be implemented in grand WWII scenarios.

GD1938, version 2.00j uploaded.

Numerous smaller fixes, that i have unfortunately forgot to document...